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By rotten roger - 6 Years Ago Newbie here with a question. I have a 6cyl 3speed clutch  zbar, 7 inch overall length. Can I shorten it and to what length for a v8. I'm building a 1954 Courier and using a 1954 mercury 256 cu engine with 3 speed from my stock 239 setup. The car has been apart for years and many of the parts have gone into hiding so the zbar is from a 53 6cyl. Hope this is the right place to post a question. Thanks Rotten Roger By Ted - 6 Years Ago Looking at the parts manual, the six cylinder and eight cylinder z-bars are the same.  The bars themselves are year model specific so if adapting a z-bar from a different year, some modifications may be required.   By rotten roger - 6 Years Ago Thank You Ted, Modification is in my future.  Rotten Roger By paul2748 - 6 Years Ago While I agree with Ted that both 6 and 8 cylinder seem to be the same, if the Z bar is from a 53 then it may not fit as it has a different part number.  If the 53  does not work, I have a very good 54 Z bar for sale.  PM or email me By MoonShadow - 6 Years Ago Will this work?   https://www.facebook.com/groups/193973717381378/?multi_permalinks=2009944215784310&notif_id=1554953086854791&notif_t=group_activity By 62bigwindow - 6 Years Ago When I pulled the swapped out the 223 for a y block I kept the original z bar. Yours will be the same. All it needed was a adjustment. By paul2748 - 6 Years Ago The 55 Z bar will fit with no problems.  I used one of those on my 54.  If you  want dual exhaust with the factory manifolds, then the 55 works to clear the stock pipes. By 62bigwindow - 6 Years Ago I totally missed that you were using a 53 z bar. I would take up Paul's offer in the one he has for sale.